I had this idea while talking to a friend. It’s a different spin on a previous idea about competitive analysis and product management. Summary A mobile app that connects to a SaaS service which gives a salesperson a unique view into prospects. Specifically, helps make social connections with prospects. In Story form A saleswoman…
http://box2dflash.sourceforge.net/ The challenge is to find places in your application or website, where you can add a touch of this kind of magic. It’s can’t be gratuitous. It has to be fun and natural. I found a place where it will work in the enterprise app I am designing. I am excited to see it…
The minute I get started on something, I make enormous progress. Things get accomplished. The problem is starting to work on something versus procrastinating. Simply stated, I procrastinate…then comes a magic moment, then I make huge progress. What happens exactly in step 2? Why did the moment start there? Couldn’t I have started it further…
Updated April 17, 2014 People love the little things in a product. They also hate the little things. A car is a miracle of modern science, but people like how the door shuts or how the headlights are cool looking. A person is complex, but we judge their handshake. The psychology is that people can’t deal…
What does UX tell us about the iPad: iPad was a stupid name. The feminine product hook will remain a joke and bleed for a long time. (Pun intended) Similar to the Tea Bagger movement. Dumb name. Tampod. The iPad will kill the Kindle DX and not the normal Kindle. Why? The smaller kindle fits…
I recently read a book by Scott McCloud called Understanding Comics. You might have seen his work on the Google Chrome comic strip. Despite the fact that my blog is most text, I have been a huge fan of the image as a superior communications vehicle than text. A picture is indeed worth a thousand…
Your subconscious is much more powerful than you may realize. It remembers everything and it can make quick judgments based on millions of experiences.. It’s a super computer right in your head. The only problem is that it can’t be accessed in normal ways. It tells you things in dreams and fragments and feelings. However, I have…
Design is decisions. How do you make those decisions? There are many competing schools of thought. I’ll break them down and give you my experience with them all. A/B or Multivariate Testing Focus Groups Hallway Testing Consensus CYA Going with your gut A/B or Multivariate Testing Google tested 41 shades of blue in their google…
I bought my wife a Kindle for the holidays. Over the past three weeks, she has purchased and read, 10 new books. Previous to that, her reading habits were normal, a single book every couple of weeks. How did this happen? How did her reading (and purchasing) habits jump so enormously, just based on the…
Put your cell phone in your pocket. “Lock it” if it has that feature. Now walk around for a little while. If your phone has dialed three people and text messaged two more, then your phone has failed the Cell Phone Pocket Test. Just for full disclosure, my phone has failed this test miserably. What…
Devices are going through an incredible period of experimentation on form factor. Some examples: Kindle: Super lightweight, fits in my wife’s purse. Highly targeted functionality. EeePC: 10″, lightweight, long battery life, Windows 7 laptop. iPhone: Fits in your pocket, uses your finger as stylus. Specialized OS favoring apps. Tablets: Swivel screen that folds to reveal/hide…
<rant> Last night, I upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5 (from 6.1) on my HTC Touch Pro2. I have to say that I am getting really annoyed with this operating system. I don’t understand how they could achieve so little in so much time. Droid and the iPhone are so much better than Windows Mobile that…
It’s been a couple of weeks with the new car. I am still trying to get over the idea in my head that this car is too fancy for me. It’s a nice car and I like driving it. It was a good deal (I think) and we can afford it. Still, I just wish…
My personal philosophy is that at the end of one’s life, you have approximately an equal division of good and bad things that have happened to you. This means that when something bad happens, I feel better knowing that a good thing is due to me in the future. My balance sheet will turn out…